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[Galaxy S I9000 General] jootje:
I am testing my battery today. I have next numbers:

time: 3h8'

battery left: 21%

active: 87%

screen on: 86.5% (full clarity)

wifi on: 100%

wifi running 99%

bluetooth on: 17%

but what remarks me:

display: 62%

voice call 27% (where I had a phonecall of 16')

Are these normal values?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] All Day On XDA:
Could someone confirm what kind of constant use battery drain they are experiencing?

I find terms like medium usage and light usage to be completely subjective and thus pointless for realistic comparisons.

If I use my phone constantly, be it websurfing, gaming, with various radios on and the screen

always

on, I experience a drain of about 20% / hr.

Constant use is the most useful and meaningful comparative statistic. 2nd is standby usage, as it helps identify misbehaving apps.

When my phone is on standby I experience a 1% drop per hour.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dakine:
1% drop per hour is great, I usually dont do so well probably because of syncing.

I now set my screen manually to 1% and it made a big difference for me. The auto setting is still too bright for most simple tasks.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] All Day On XDA:
I should add that I do run all sorts of battery saving tricks. Namely:

1. Pure black wallpaper

2. Minimum screen brightness at all times.

3. Night mode tweaks (via a free app called Battery-fu)

Once setCPU is fixed for the SGS, I hope to see even more gains.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] katsuru:
For me without tricks and with XFJM6 firmware, i am getting the best numbers i ever had with any High end smartphone!

Up-time: 2d 6h 55m

Standby: 28% -2d 6h 55m

Display: 22% - 2h 15m 50s

Phone Idle: 19% - 2d 4h 39m

Voice calls: 15% - 18m 58s

GPS Status: 13% - GPS running 40m

Android System 2%

Ok i wrote sms`s, did some browsing on XDA forum with Stock browser, some Gtalk, some market downloads, some calling to my GF.

Also a friend of mine tried to call me yesterday more than 20 times! That drained battery for sure, Phone is set to ring as loud as it can! :D

And i still have 25% battery left.

My Motorola Milestone wouldn't handle that all in 8h .... Battery would run empty ! I remember my up-time with my Milestone without charging wouldn't be more than 14h!!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Harts@J:
Cell standby: 51 %

Phone idle: 38 %

Display: 9 %

Unplugged 71 hours, 72 % left.

It is in the GSM mode. No calls, some SMS messages, random eMail checks, random AppBrain checks, these with WiFi on. FW is JM2.

In this test situation the phone can be over 10 days without charging.

This is NOT normal use, this is a misuse of the smartphone, but... :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rand0m:
well I tried to use my galaxy today walking around in london, using gps from time to time and watching a movie or half a movie while going there ... disappointing ...

watching a movie to up to an hour I realized I better leave that alone if I want to use the phone later ... wireless and gps was always turned off when not needed I probably used it 6-8 times to find directions, just testing on my way back it shut itself off - so I did roughly 5-8 less than a minute calls plus the mentioned stuff and couldnt even use it later today - so the battery didnt even last for 9hrs ... thats poor ... will lookout for a 2nd battery pack ...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
the beautiful screen eats a lot of power, same goes for GPS, wireless, 3G, and BT

i always keep extra battery packs with me.

on a good day i only use 1 pack for AM, and 1 pack for PM

on a bad day when i need to do a lot of work from my phone, i'll need at least 2 battery pack on the AM or PM
[Galaxy S I9000 General] EarlZ:
uptime 73:37:xx

Display 84% = 3h 56mins 50s

cell standby 11% = 2d 23h 54m

phone idle = 2d 20h 44m

battery left 10%

looks like a very bad battery life to me...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kcharng:
It is too subjective. I use too think that it has poor battery life until I uninstall active wall papers and all the news, weather wigets or turn off the automatic update. Now my batt easily lasted through the day with similar used compare to just slightly more than half the day.

Sent from galaxy s. JG4 + oneclick lag fix version 2.3
[Galaxy S I9000 General] nemethb:
That's bad? You had your screen on for nearly 4 hours and the phone on for over 3 days. I wouldn't be complaining. What were you expecting when you bought a smartphone with a 4" screen?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ancienthistory:
Just got my phone last week and customized it with 5 home screens of widgets and relatively long refreshes (3-12h):

AudioManager Small

Beautiful Widgets Home Screen

BatteryLife

Curvefish Widgets (APN and ringer volume ones only)

Xiia Live

Music Mod 1.6

Agenda Widget

Contacts Widget

Facebook

Unplugged this morning at 7:00AM and by 6:00PM, the battery was down to 34%

3G on all day, no Wifi/Bluetooth/GPS

made 4 short calls, sent 6 SMS, and checked Market for about 30 mins in total

Unplugged for 11 hours, 24minutes

Display 35%

Cell Standby 22%

Voice Calls 16%

Android System 13%

Phone Idle 8%

Adv Task killer 3%

From looking at some posts here...my Android System % is pretty high....
[Galaxy S I9000 General] EarlZ:
I have little faith on those usage numbers especially on the screen uptime..

I just came from a full charge and right now the screen useage is 33mins, my battery is down to 88% this is from watching a non HD movie.. i think its JPC thats messing up the battery life IIRC before JPC 33mins of non HD movie was just like a 5-7% drain at most
[Galaxy S I9000 General] madmack:
JPC is definitely a major battery hog. I've put JPC on both i9000 and i9000m and got the same result: almost half the uptime I get using any of the eclair firmwares!

thought it was a problem with the pit file i used which was 512. changed that to 803 and flashed again.. but unfortunately, same result.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] pizzachips:
I'm getting really bad battery drain at idle =(....

I left it on yesterday night and with JuicePlotter, I can see a battery drain of

10% per HOUR...and this is just idle with 3g on and screen off...

The 10%/hr was seen as a consistent drop over a period of 7-8 hours....

Any ideas as to why it is draining so ridiculously fast?

I never had this problem with the i9000...but with the i9000m...it seems to drain much faster than before....

I'm using I9000ZSJF7 rom and the UGJG8 for the modem file.

Battery Use is as below:

Display 85%

Cell standby 5%

Android System 4%

BatteryTime Lite 3%

Spare Parts 3%
[Galaxy S I9000 General] azreil24:
The battery life is poor, but that is available for all the smartphones I owned, HD2, Desire, Diamond. The only one with good battery life is the X10.

I get this in the Battery Stats:

Voice calls - 34% (42min 13sec)

Display - 26% (3h 1m 49s)

Cell standby - 21% (1d 15h 33m 20s)

Phone idle - 11% (1d 5h 14m 1s)

Media server - 5% (52m 15s)

Androis System - 2% (18m 54s)

Battery Left - 34%

Could be wourse :) I played mp3`s, HD movies (now it plays even 5.1 Audio MKV :)), calls, web surfing, market, games etc. Using JM7 FW.
[Vibrant General] Mookie_Jones:
above the screen at the top left it looks like led's but we all know thats not what they are.
[Vibrant General] SykesAT:
proximity sensor... One thing it does lets say your on a call the screen will go to sleep, when you move the phone from your face it will turn back on... pretty darn cool
[Vibrant General] pyun:
The other is a ambient light sensor.
[HD2 General] CDR123:
whats the best program or app to take screen shots on the HD2
[HD2 General] kam333:
Hey

This 1 is pretty decent, similar to save2save but with sd card support: whip2snap http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-whip2snap.html
[HD2 General] CDR123:
Thank you!
[HD2 General] sumflipnol:
I use "CapSure" and "Shake and Save". Though I think CapSure is better than Shake and Save.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Wasmachinator:
mine apps(launcher pro and stuff, so not the preinstalled ones) wont go away when i delete/remove them from my phone through the application menu.

also when resetting the phone throught the privacy menu and via hard reset they still are there. does anybody know what is wrong(or what i do wrong)?
[HTC Aria General] Akoni324:
:rolleyes:I was hoping that I could get some recomendations as to which method is best to root the Aria. I have experience modding iPhone but I am switching to Android and could use the adviece. Thanx.
[HTC Aria General] tongas:
It's all here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6952379

Read well first, do not attempt this if you are an average user.

Cheers.
[HTC Aria General] andoh:
Woah let's not scare monger. Certainly read the instructions through once, ask questions on the chat if the instructions do not make sense. This is something any user can do.

The user just needs to know, things can go wrong, and always when messing with roms and devices know there is a chance of losing your device (though I haven't heard of anyone bricking their aria yet)
[HTC Aria General] patelas:
hello, i need help. Please let me know if this is not the correct place for assistance. I tried to use the revoke software to root my Aria but the install just sits waiting for "system to settle". I uninstalled all apps i.e sync etc but still no joy. Any advice would be appreciated.
[HTC Aria General] tpbklake:
Please boot your phone into HBOOT mode by holding the Volume Down key and then pressing the Power button and check which version of HBOOT you have. If it is version 0.57, then the unrevoked method will work and it just may be a driver issue. If it is version 1.0 or above, then you won't be able to root your Aria at this time because this version of HBOOT has not been cracked.
[Vibrant General] LatinSilEighty:
When I had my Nexus you go to contact press menu and you were able to have individual ringers for everyone without having to resort to a 3rd party app, how do I do this on the Vibrant, and for those of you douche bags yes I read the manual and no its not in there

I've never been stumped like this and I'm sure its gonna make me feel dumb when someone tells me but I guess we all get to feel a little retarded every once in a while
[Vibrant General] down8:
Weird - I can't find it. WTF?

-bZj
[Vibrant General] spigatelli:
Play a song. hit the menu button, set as -- personal ringtone.
[Vibrant General] LatinSilEighty:
Doesn't work that way either, it only gives you the option to make it the main ring tone or to add a ring tone to a new contact not an existing one, this is kind of weird :confused:
[Vibrant General] DesignDawg:
I think since they took over the contacts app with Touchwiz, this is something that got left out? I'd hate for that to be the case. I have noticed it's very easy to merge contacts, so maybe a workable workaround for this workaround would be to create a new contact for the ringtone and then merge the other contacts into this new one? Would it stick this way? It's a shame if we're going to be discovering that we're losing basic Android 1.0 capabilities due to Touchwiz, because otherwise, I love what they've done with it.

Ricky

DesignDawg
[Vibrant General] kwbdc:
Ok, this is going to stink but I found this workaround. Contacts must be on the phone tab in order to have individual ringtones, which sometimes works sometimes not. What I did was sync my work email via exchange, then I exported all the contacts as vcards to an empty SIM and then imported them to the phone.
[Vibrant General] spigatelli:
I just did it, when it asks you to make a new contact, just name it the same as an exsisting contact and dont put a phone number in, it merged the 2. A little bit of an extra step, but if you want it to scream "BIG BOOTY HOES" when your girl calls.... :D
[Vibrant General] LatinSilEighty:
Kind of stupid to have to go through all this for something so simple :( Ide rather just have one ringer than go through all this crap. i have way too many ringers for so many contacts, man this blows :mad:
[Vibrant General] Shagman68:
Yep, I called Tmo cust srvc, and they had no idea how to fix it other than enter all your contacts back into the phone manually.
[Desire Android Development] PaulW21781:
Future Additions

Add support to dynamically check and change the keys binded for unlocking the phone

Current Known Issues

Auto Brightness may not be to everyones taste.

Version History & Changelog

0.4b

Kernel UV Values tweaked to 925mV min, 1225mV max.

Conservative Power Governor now set on boot. (can be changed using SetCPU)

Updated LauncherPro to latest release

0.4a

Removed HAVS Additions from Kernel - caused problems with Trackpad & Light Sensor (CM3602).

New Kernel UV-Only based on Pershoots N1 Modifications. 950mV - 1275mV (for stability)

0.4

Recompiled Kernel with HAVS Support (925mV MIN, 1250mV MAX) - Credit >IntersectRaven<

0.3

Added SIM Toolkit

Final 100% Battery Charging Modification in place (keeps battery at 100% while plugged in)

WiFi Sleep now fixed (using own method based loosely on the official Google patch)

WiFi Sleep also fixed in respect to extremely high pings and regular dropped packets still compared to being in a Woken state (pings and packet consistency will remain constant regardless of screen being on or off)

AutoBrightness now set back to original FroYo values. Sense values used in 0.2 were draining the battery and keeping the screen far too bright in dark conditions.

0.2

Re-synced against latest AOSP Release & Kernel_MSM

Further-optimised Charging functions in Kernel

Fixed button backlight (full brightness)

Fixed Notification LED

Fixed Auto-Brightness

0.1b

Re-compiled Kernel enabling "Conservative" mode for (hopefully) better battery saving! (use SetCPU to enable this)

Added fixes to try get 3G working on Orange networks (for those who are fully unlocked with latest Radio's ONLY)

Corrected the order at which kernel modules load. Also sorted out module issue with FileSystem modules loading in the proper order.

No longer clear Vendor cache from Market (causes slowdown on initial use after flashing as upgrade)

0.1a

Initial Public Release

0.1-prerelease

First Initial Build

Fixed LED's

Added Camera Profiles

Fixed Facebook Sync

Fixed Teather
[Desire Android Development] cgrec92:
i dont suppose you can tell me where i can get the kernel fix that stops the battery from draining while charging? that is a HUGE problem for me

i will flash your ROM asap but i dont have enough time atm

thanks very much for your ROM looks really good :)
[Desire Android Development] PaulW21781:
Updated first post with a link to the modified source file :)
[Desire Android Development] cgrec92:
You sir are an absolute saint :D

Thanks so so much :)

5 STARS! :D
[Desire Android Development] mon@diac:
very very nice work.. good job.. i love AOSP rom.. i'll try it tomorrow.. one question. the biggest problem is wifi on OD and AOSPDesire (sleep mode). wifi is working on this rom when goes to sleep? Thanks
[Desire Android Development] cgrec92:
How would we go about manually installing the kernel fix? do we flash it?

Thanks again and sorry for my ignorance ;)
[Desire Android Development] PaulW21781:
cenkaan - What exactly is the WiFi sleep problem? I go into Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> Wi-Fi Settings.

Press Menu key, choose Advanced

Set Wi-Fi sleep policy to Never... Doesn't disconnect for me, but it does run in a low-power mode.

I've noticed using something like SpareParts, has *no* effect on this setting what-so-ever. It only works for me by doing it this way.

cgrec92 - thats the source file for the battery driver which must be compiled in with the kernel from source. As far as I know, the boot.img (my kernel) is compatible with OpenDesire (used it on there myself). It is already included in DeFrost, AOSPDesire, and I think AdamG might be adding it to his future updates as he did ask me where he could obtain the mod :)
[Desire Android Development] mon@diac:
i use wifi policy and set to never but this is not solution for me on other AOSP mods. Thanks for the quick reply
[Desire Android Development] PaulW21781:
Well I've had the desire running all night and it kept its connection :) But if it is an issue, please let me know what you do for the issue to show (any other apps used to manage it) and I'll see what I can do
[Desire Android Development] mon@diac:
can't wait and i'll try it now
[Desire Android Development] cgrec92:
Last question I promise :)

So the boot.img contains the kernel (you have modified this)

I can use your boot.img on other ROMs such as AdamG's seeing that yours is based on this?
[Desire Android Development] mon@diac:
no it's not working...full wipe and later set to never but it's not working..

-sleep mode-

Destination address 192.168.1.86

Packets sent	10

Packets received	0

Average round-trip time	0.000 ms

in the meantime rom is very nice. great job.. Pls help me.. I want to use this rom. i loved it
[Desire Android Development] PaulW21781:
I modified the *source* at which the kernel is compiled and built from. I then configured the base options for the kernel, compiled it, modified the various init scripts (which are supplied via the AOSP source build), and made the ramdisk, packed the boot.img... etc etc

If you wish to use this kernel on another rom (such as OpenDesire), then you will also need to copy the folder /system/lib/modules from my ROM to OpenDesire also. You will also need to manually edit /system/etc/init.d/**** script (whatever it is loading modules) or if there isn't one, create one to load ext2, ext3, ext4 and ipv6...

Bit more involving than I first made out really lol! Sorry...
[Desire Android Development] PaulW21781:
Strange indeed...

I've been reading a bit in other threads, does your WiFi MAC start with something other than 00:23?? As from what I read in AOSPDesire thread, it occurs to phones whose MAC starts with different numbers to that... Again, sorry its not working for you...

Did some digging, looks like a fault which is also apparent on other HTC devices, including the N1

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=9781

According to that (or so I think it makes out) it's also dependant on the make/model/type of Router which you also use...

So us Desire owners are most definitely not alone...
[Desire Android Development] cgrec92:
Ok that's enough hassle for you

Thanks so much for all your help :)

Fantastic developer will download your ROM as soon as i get home, thanks :)
[Desire Android Development] mon@diac:
thanks for the help and great rom.. and yes, what a pitty my wifi mac address is begin with 38:E7..
[Desire Android Development] noapp:
The same issue does NOT occur on any HTC ROMs so am wondering what HTC has done specifically to address the problem...
[Desire Android Development] bobo26:
hello sorrry i'm new.... (sorry for my bad english)

in this rom is not sense installed? Can someone upload pictures.
[Desire Android Development] PaulW21781:
Sense is not installed, no...

Pictures - couple are in the first post of this thread (at the bottom of it)

*update*

Updated to v0.1b, enabled new "Conservative" power governor for the CPU in the Kernel. Use SetCPU to enable this in the phone itself, will hopefully improve battery life, but will have a slight effect on performance when this option is enabled.
[Desire Android Development] peewster:
Hey Paul i see you worked it all out :) Nice work, especially for the ones with the bad blocks who want a solid 2.2 rom.

I will definitely download this one and spread it on my work for e few guys with the bad blocks.

Great!
[Desire Android Development] PaulW21781:
Not quite, WiFi sleep issue is still a problem for all AOSP & Ported FroYo ROMs, and I really need to do some fresh builds to trial some new autobrightness settings!
[Desire Android Development] peewster:
Well the wifi sleep issue is not a real issue for me and some friends. When the screen is off you don't use your wifi, and when the screen goes back on, the phone automaticly reconnects with the saved AP.
[Desire Android Development] mon@diac:
great man... great job..sorry, i was wanting to use it :( but wifi is so important for me.. this rom is perfect :eek:.. i used it from yesterday evening to until now... thanks again.. as soon as fix it, i'll come back again :)
[Desire Android Development] mon@diac:
yes but mails, vpn, ftp (bulk data transfer) and some programs are so important for me and my work...the most important is internet telephony...
[Desire Android Development] noapp:
Don't base others' experience upon yourself. The fact that you do not use something in a way does not necessarily mean others are not using it.

Suppose I need my RSS to sync automatically. Do you expect me to keep the screen on all the time? Or how about streaming the music, downloading large files, and VOIP?

I tried hard to be calm but sorry I failed because what you said is just funny.
[Desire Android Development] peewster:
As i said, it's not a issue for me and my friends :) If it is a problem for you, don't download it.
[Desire Android Development] peewster:
That's why i use my 3g/hsdpa all the time. I don't have any traffic limits with my vodafone over here.

I only ( and is say again ) I only use wifi for big data transfers. :)
[Desire Android Development] peewster:
Paul, can you fix the wake up on home/trackpad button ?
[Desire Android Development] PaulW21781:
I'll look into adding it as an "Optional" update separate from the main ROM, as it's not really a feature I use myself :)

I'll also add some custom key-binding options to enable wake on various button combo's too (menu, back, home, search, etc etc...)

Or try and make an in-phone app which allows you to customise this... That's probably a bit more logical...
[Desire Android Development] peewster:
That would be wonderfull !
[Desire Android Development] PaulW21781:
0.3

Added SIM Toolkit

Final 100% Battery Charging Modification in place (keeps battery at 100% while plugged in)

WiFi Sleep now fixed (using own method based loosely on the official Google patch)

WiFi Sleep also fixed in respect to extremely high pings and regular dropped packets still compared to being in a Woken state (pings and packet consistency will remain constant regardless of screen being on or off)

AutoBrightness now set back to original FroYo values. Sense values used in 0.2 were draining the battery and keeping the screen far too bright in dark conditions.
[Desire Android Development] mon@diac:
great work..great rom... low pings, %100 packets (after a long sleep time) i couldn't see any bugs until now (I use it since 0.1v).. but 0.3v is really very nice working...stable, smooth, fast etc... Thanks a lot, Paul...
[Desire Android Development] peewster:
How about the leds :)

Nice update with your wifi fix!!!
[Desire Android Development] PaulW21781:
I'll agree, the posted fix which was put up and is now in the kernel_msm tree isn't the best... Will see what I can work out, try make the notifications somewhat more appealing and noticeable lol!

*edit*

My bad, I built the wrong lights.c library, will get a quick update done now for it :)
[Desire Android Development] peewster:
You're also the only one who really thought at the people with bad blocks with your 2.1M boot.img.

Thanks!
[Desire Android Development] PaulW21781:
I've read a fair bit about people suffering from badblocks, so aimed for something which would work on any :) I don't have any bad blocks myself, so wasn't really sure if it would work, but I guess it does :)

*update*

Those that downloaded 0.3 before this post, please apply the attached update to get notification LED's working again. Anyone else can just download 0.3 complete from Post 1, as I've re-uploaded it.
[Desire Android Development] PaulW21781:
0.4 now up!

Recompiled Kernel with HAVS Support (925mV MIN, 1250mV MAX) - Credit >IntersectRaven<

Stock Min/Max was 1050/1250. I've not dropped it to 800mV, as some other threads and what I've seen, not all handsets support that amount of drop, so I'm aiming to keep this as stable as possible.

There is no OC Support (I don't intend on adding any either) purely because I'm working towards battery conservation.
[Desire Android Development] neitin:
404 error not found, can't download Chef
[Desire Android Development] PaulW21781:
Upload hadn't quite finished, should be working now :)